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Assessment of groundwater storage depletion by overexploitation using simple indicators in an irrigated closed aquifer basin in Iran

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  • Van Camp, M.
  • Radfar, M.
  • Walraevens, K.

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In arid and semi-arid regions irrigation is usually needed to provide enough water for crop growth in cultivated areas. As surface waters are scarce, especially in summertime when the water is needed, groundwater is heavily used to supply the water demand. Overexploitation of the aquifer in dry years causes depletion of the groundwater storage and systematical lowering of the piezometric levels. This is a particular problem in aquifers developed in closed basins where lateral inflow is nearly absent and replenishment is constrained by rainfall recharge. In this paper, simple indicators derived from meteorological data, abstraction rates and piezometric time series are compared with the groundwater storage depletion as obtained from a calibrated groundwater flow model. Application of the method to the overexploited Shahrekord basin in Iran shows that for the simulated period 1989-2003 an accumulative index of the difference of aquifer recharge, as calculated by a soil moisture balance method, and groundwater abstraction has a correlation coefficient of nearly one with model calculated storage. Indicators based on the filling index derived from piezometric time series or on the ratio of aquifer discharge to recharge have slightly lower correlations. The accumulated index indicator can be used to follow aquifer storage in the future without the need to run the full groundwater flow model. This simple approximation is restricted to aquifer systems with a limited lateral inflow and outflow.

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  • Van Camp, M. & Radfar, M. & Walraevens, K., 2010. "Assessment of groundwater storage depletion by overexploitation using simple indicators in an irrigated closed aquifer basin in Iran," Agricultural Water Management, Elsevier, vol. 97(11), pages 1876-1886, November.
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